How To Install disktype on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install disktype on Rocky Linux 8. disktype is Detect the content format of a disk or disk image

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install disktype on Rocky Linux 8.

What is disktype

The purpose of disktype is to detect the content format of a disk or disk image. It knows about common file systems, partition tables, and boot codes.

We can use yum or dnf to install disktype on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install disktype.

Install disktype on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install disktype using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install disktype

Install disktype on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install disktype using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install disktype

How To Uninstall disktype on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the disktype package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove disktype

disktype Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/disktype
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/781d3df7af2a486a194beb2bd7da8b470405f5
/usr/share/doc/disktype
/usr/share/doc/disktype/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/disktype/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/disktype
/usr/share/licenses/disktype/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/disktype.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install disktype on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.